CraiG60 0 Posted August 11, 2006 Hi all, The day when I buy my first Corrado is getting ever closer so I thought i would get some quotes on a Corrado due to my age the prices aint to pretty but I am willing to pay the money. I was going to get a 2.0 litre 16v but not anymore because I have found the friendly people at Brentacre will insure me on a G60 for an extra £200. Only problem is I know hardly anything about the G60 I've read a little on the Wiki but I would like to learn more. Does anyone know any sites that might help or does anyone know alot about the G60 so I can learn more about them. Thanx Craig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Posted August 11, 2006 use the search mate, terms like corrado AND g60 or G60 AND power? The best thing about the g60 is the ease you can tune the charger. first priority is to make sure the charger has been rebuilt and has receipts to prove, then the best bang for your buck will be to chip it and get a smaller pulley. i run a sns chip with 68mm pulley from G-werks and it now absolutley flies along! all for about £200ish? you can also port the charger etc so it flows a bit more air! thats a really brief pointer but the search has pages of info! 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iow_corrado_g60 0 Posted August 11, 2006 matey matey may give a good insight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdubCorrado 0 Posted August 11, 2006 hmm... ugh... i don't know if i feel like typing everything there is to know about a G60... there isn't much to them really... replace the blue water temp sensor, clean the idle stabilizer valve, replace/splice in new universal O2 sensor, replace cog belt on supercharger, and uh possibly replace the vacuum line from the throttle body to the ECU (replace only with line ordered from the dealer! if you use what ever you think fits and is close isn't good enough. this vacuum line is for Air/Fuel and the ECU is programmed for this specific line, if you run anything but this line your G60 will never run right again!!!!) that's all you'll ever need to knwo to keep a G60 running... oh yeh and rebuild the supercharger if you can afford to have it done... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Monkey 0 Posted August 12, 2006 G60 - n. A small, mean little monster that eats money. Lives under the hood of many Corrados and some other VW automobiles. When you feed it lots of money, it stays happy; if you don't, it gets angry and breaks things. Says it all really!!!! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CraiG60 0 Posted August 12, 2006 Do you get problems with the supercharger then if it hasnt been rebuilt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billinjah 0 Posted August 12, 2006 yes it will kill itself! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CraiG60 0 Posted August 12, 2006 how much is that to repair then Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g60greeny 0 Posted August 12, 2006 http://www.g-werks.com/Site/Default.asp ... ces_glader after over 3 an 1/2 years of g60 ownership i still know feck all :lol: but theres plenty of peeps on here that does so alls good :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdubCorrado 0 Posted August 12, 2006 wanna know what happens to G60 chargers? guess what comes next... . . . . come on... guess... . . . . THIS! and only if that were it, here comes the good part! and i got bored one day... don't try to rebuild a G60 yourself! it's a pain in the ass i started breaking to get it apart haha remove the bolts from the outside... splt casing from being glued together remove c clip and counter weight ...here is how your apex stip seats should look... if they look like thie the displacer is still good... if they look like this the displacer is more than likely not savable but sometimes it is possible... here is an apex strip... here is where you don't want to find an apex strip... (the supercharger outlet... not a good place for a seal...) ...bad displacer if it's broken as well... didn't i say to remove this?! HAHA remove cog belt gear to remove drive crank for the charger... and never figured out how to remove the whole displace from the casing... someone want to keep all this stuff for a "sticky" or keeper thread? haha i say buy a G60... i buy G60 and love it... we don't have a 16v here but i would buy a G60 over VR6 any day of the week... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CraiG60 0 Posted August 13, 2006 what a pain in the arse so how much would this cost to have rebuilt does it need to be done by a specialist Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazzaVR 0 Posted August 13, 2006 Yeh, get it done by a specialist. G-Werks are the place to go, although Jabbasport and a few others do it to. Not sure on pricing these days, but would think around £400. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CraiG60 0 Posted August 13, 2006 aint to bad then to be honest and its worth it in the long run Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdubCorrado 0 Posted August 13, 2006 there is always this for about £1250 :D http://www.bahnbrenner.com/catalog/BBM_ ... holm_.html i had one of my corrado before i sold it... it was loud no lies, but man the power over a G60 charger on a stock G60 was impressive! (sucks i was stock when i had mone cause it was after i blew up my 1.9L melted 2 forged pistons :brickwall: and basically ruined the block so i sold off the whole thing) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60SC_Stoney 0 Posted August 13, 2006 yeah its about £450-£550 for a rebuild, not bad considering its about a grand for a new charger, plus all the work involved cleaning chunks of charger metal out of the boost hoses/intercooler/engine.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdubCorrado 0 Posted August 13, 2006 ouch if you pay more than £450 for a rebuild look into http://www.kompressorkanada.ca/ they'll do a rebuild for you for around £390 then you just have to ship... but they do excellent work and they also have some specially painted or polished finishes that are really nice... they're going to be doing my G60 charger for G60 swapped 89 Jetta... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted August 14, 2006 :lol: Standard rebuilds at G-werks work out at around £400 inc postage ( Or of course you could send it to Canada :? ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CraiG60 0 Posted August 14, 2006 yeh ive heard loads of good things about G-Werks they do all servicing aswell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
